When visiting the clearance rack at your favorite retailers, there are some things that you are willing to bargain with yourself about: a missing button can easily be replaced; a smudge of makeup on the collar can be done away with a Tide stick; a hole underneath the arm can be sewn. But used underwear is most likely not an item you are willing to bargain on, no matter how astronomical the discount might be. However, the TODAY show comes as the bearer of bad news, releasing its report that major retailers are reselling presumably used underwear and bathing suits, and the worst part is that you might be completely unaware if it has been on the bums of another lone stranger.

The rather gross news comes via a second installation of Jeff Rossen’s investigative series, Rossen Reports. In 2010, the Rossen Reports team went undercover wearing hidden cameras and visiting some of our most coveted stores for lingerie purchases, such as Victoria’s Secret, Nordstrom, Wal-Mart, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, The Gap and Marshalls–all of which were recorded putting used underwear back on their shelves. Now, four years later, the team has gone undercover again to reveal a fragment of improvement (Macy’s, Bloomingdales, The Gap and Nordstrom marked items as damaged or put them in a back room). However, other stores, perhaps those most known for specifically selling lingerie or having extremely low prices on designer lingerie, are still at fault for this dirty act.

When Rossen Reports informed retailers of its evidence in 2010, each responded stating that they would “re-educate” its employees.

However, Victoria’s Secret, Marshalls and Wal-Mart might want to develop a new curriculum that is simple and plain: do not resell used undergarments. AT ALL. Rossen’s 2014 investigation found that employees at these retailers were blatantly retagging returned underwear and placing them back on the racks and shelves before the day’s end. And suddenly, we might have just received a fragment of a clue to our down-there mysteries.

As in 2010, each retailer in the 2014 report released a statement referencing its old, dirty ways. Victoria’s Secret, Marshalls and Wal-Mart stated that they put their customers first and will basically “re-educate” once more. As for looking out for your own behind, Rossen suggests washing all underwear after purchasing and asking an employee to retrieve undergarments on display from the back to ensure its coming immediately out of its packaging onto your bum.

They are accused of killing Harris for her keys so they could steal thousands of dollars of Black Friday sales from the store

Two former American Eagle Outfitter employees are accused of beating, strangling and then setting on fire an assistant manager at a store in Fort Worth, Texas, to steal thousands of dollars of Black Friday sales.

Carter Cervantez, 25, and her boyfriend Clarence ‘David’ Mallory, 19, have been charged with capital murder in the Nov. 28 death of Ashlea Harris, 31, according to police documents released on Monday.

Harris was last seen by a friend, who had stopped by her apartment after she completed a shift for Black Friday, at about 3 a.m. on November 28, police said in an arrest affidavit.

Ashlea Harris’ body was found partially burned and she had been beaten. Her hands and feet were bound with duct tape, police said

She was found dead in her apartment several hours later when firefighters responded to a fire alarm.

Her body was partially burned and she had been beaten. Harris’ hands and feet were bound with duct tape, police said.

A neighbor told police that he had heard a thump and screaming from the apartment, the police affidavit said.

Cervantez and Mallory had been fired from the store at the Hulen Mall during the Summer after being suspected of stealing nearly $18,000 from the store’s safe.

Carter Cervantez, right, and her boyfriend Clarence ‘David’ Mallory, left, have been charged with capital murder following last month’s murder

Police believe the pair killed the woman and took Harris’s keys with plans to steal Black Friday profits of about $50,000 from the store, according to the affidavit.

The day after Harris’ murder, Cervantez was caught by surveillance cameras trying to open the doors to the store, but they had already changed the locks.

Mallory and Cervantez were taken to the Fort Worth Jail where they were booked on the capital murder warrant.

Both were questioned and denied involvement, the affidavit said. Bond was set at $500,000 each.

Cervantez and Mallory were fired from American Eagle Outfitters at the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas. They were also suspected of stealing nearly $18,000 from the store’s safe (stock image)